NATIONAL
- 96% of older adults support requiring nursing homes to provide video visits
- Academic hospital finances pummeled by COVID-19: 3 unique challenges
- CMS issues second round of changes to support health system during COVID-19 pandemic
- Expanded Telehealth Has Provided a Boost for Rural America. Will It Last?
- FDA authorizes NASA-designed ventilator for COVID-19
- Health care spending has actually plunged in the middle of the pandemic. Here’s why
- HHS awards $20 million to increase telehealth access
- HHS starts doling out $12B in CARES funds to 395 hospitals in COVID-19 hot spots
- Hospital and provider groups cheer new CMS flexibility on telehealth, capacity and ACO losses
- Hospital, nursing groups join forces to lobby Congress for more COVID-19 funding
- Hospital execs issue ‘painful’ pay cuts to frontline staff but still earn big salaries
- Hospitals still aggressively collecting medical debt amid pandemic
- U.S. hospitals promise new safety measures to ease patient fears after coronavirus crush
- Where are the 13 Leapfrog ‘F’ hospitals?
- Where are the 32 ‘straight-A’ Leapfrog hospitals?
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Vast majority of CT pandemic deaths in past week were in nursing homes
- CT hospitals will receive $329 million in hot spot aid
- No surge yet for COVID-19 testing. Governor says it’s coming.
- CT grants lawsuit immunity to nursing homes, hospitals during coronavirus pandemic
- Formal discrimination complaint filed on behalf of people with disabilities
- CT hospitals billed $32M for trauma activation fees; lawmaker says more action needed
- Connecticut Hospital Safety Grades 2020: The Best And Worst
- Connecticut has 300 contact tracers. Experts say it needs 1,000.
MAINE
- Leapfrog Group awards ‘A’ for safety to 11 Maine hospitals
- Maine hospitals avoid coronavirus surge, but see steep revenue fall
- Maine is tracking how many health care workers have coronavirus
- Maine, N.H. lead report card on healthcare price transparency
- St. Joe’s furloughs 100 workers as coronavirus takes financial toll on Maine hospital
- Older states grapple with fear, isolation and medical care
- Northern Light Blue Hill, Maine Coast Hospitals announce phased reopening of services
- Maine reopening with ‘bare minimum’ testing strategy
- ‘This is a game changer:’ Gov. Mills to expand coronavirus testing in Maine
MASSACHUSETTS
- Holyoke Medical Center focuses on healthcare quality, patient safety
- In Mass., 60% of Coronavirus Deaths Linked to Long-Term Care Facilities
- Coronavirus pandemic hitting Massachusetts hospitals’ bottom lines, too
- Massachusetts awarded $15.9 million to expand COVID-19 testing
- Covid-19 field hospital beds remain empty in Massachusetts
- Massachusetts community hospitals facing millions in losses amid coronavirus outbreak
- Massachusetts’ Coronavirus Death Toll Rises by 208, Case Count by 1,754
- Peltier Receives NSF Grant for Face Mask Research
- UMass Hospital Chief Reports ‘Worst Day We’ve Ever Had’
- More than 50 dead as coronavirus ravages Massachusetts nursing home
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Maine, N.H. lead report card on healthcare price transparency
- NH nursing homes struggle to maintain staff
- New Hampshire hospitals begin phasing-in time sensitive procedures
- New Hampshire Hospitals Resume Surgeries, Elective Procedures Delayed By Pandemic
- COVID-19 hits NH nursing homes hardest
- Covid-19 forced a chaotic transition to telemedicine in New Hampshire
- NH to provide COVID-19 testing without referral
NEW YORK
- Nearly 100 people may have died from coronavirus at a nursing home in New York City
- NY Health Dept. probing over 2,500 nursing home complaints amid coronavirus
- NY hospital lobby’s power stretches to DC in stimulus battle
- N.Y. nursing home reports 98 deaths linked to coronavirus
- NYC nursing home’s staggering coronavirus deaths don’t match state reports
- State-run Queens nursing home failed to follow virus safety measures, staff say
- New Count Reveals 1,600 More Nursing Home Deaths in N.Y.: Live Updates
- 64 Children in N.Y. Have Had Illness Possibly Tied to Virus
- New York hospitals get $5 billion in ‘hot spot’ funding
- A Shadow Medical Safety Net, Stretched to the Limit
- New York’s patron saint of PPE went $600,000 in debt to outfit workers — and hospitals keep turning her down
- N.Y. federal legislators push for hospitals to allow ‘compassionate companions’ to visit COVID-19 patients
- New York hospital speeds up plan to close ED
RHODE ISLAND
- More unemployment fraud claims; 10K virus cases confirmed
- Why reducing Rhode Island’s healthcare disparities is such a big challenge
- 18 new deaths in RI; stay-at-home order lifts Saturday
- Care New England, Lifespan partner to provide free mental-health support for all healthcare workers in R.I.
- With fears easing of coronavirus surge in R.I., state reveals how care may have been rationed
- Coronavirus testing in R.I. to kick into overdrive
- Raimondo to require masks when in public; Rhode Island adds 241 cases
VERMONT
- Facing huge financial losses, UVM Health Network cuts salaries, freezes hiring
- Vt., NH governors clear the way for more health care services
- Five new cases, no deaths, hospitalizations double
- Vermont’s health department offers estimates on number recovered from the coronavirus
- Vermont reports first decrease in opioid-related fatalities since 2014
- Vermont health department teams up with local EMS for testing
MID-ATLANTIC/EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Beebe’s new ‘freestanding’ emergency dept. to open in southern Sussex County
- ChristianaCare gets FCC grant to expand telehealth services
- Hospitalizations, percentage of positive tests among keys in quest to reopen Delaware
- Exclusive look inside Christiana Care’s new state-of-the-art center for women, children
DC
- D.C. Nurses Union Says New Hospital Deal ‘Resoundingly Fails’ To Meet Ward 8 Health Care Needs
- Bowser strikes deals for new Howard hospital and new Southeast D.C. hospital
- D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announces plan to build two new hospitals
- GW Hospital sues HHS secretary for miscalculated Medicare payments
- DC Health: District long-term care facilities see spike in COVID-19 deaths
MARYLAND
- Report: 60 percent of Maryland’s COVID-19 fatalities are linked to eldercare facilities
- Baltimore hospital celebrates 100th successful discharge of COVID-19 patient
- Fears of coronavirus may be keeping Anne Arundel residents from seeking urgent medical care
- Hogan directs Md. Dept. of Health to release nursing home COVID-19 data after resistance
- Maryland biotech significant in virus fight
- Maryland nursing home fined $10K a day after COVID-19 deaths
- MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital’s Wound Healing Center named a 2019 Center of Distinction by Healogics
- Shore Health CEO touts patient sharing, systemwide virus plan
NEW JERSEY
- Experts will conduct review of NJ’s long-term care facilities
- Good news for NJ hospitals: Feds give $1.7B aid; fewer COVID-19 patients
- New Jersey to see $24M to boost mental health, substance abuse services
- New $750 Million Cancer Center Planned for New Brunswick, N.J.
- NJ investigating: 4,155 COVID-19 deaths at long-term care facilities
- This troubled nursing home has most deaths in N.J. But there were problems long before deadly outbreak.
PENNSYLVANIA
- 15 Philadelphia-area hospitals to get $153M in state loans to help them ‘hold steady’
- Bernstine Bill to Address PA Nurse Shortage, Provide Support for Health Care Professionals
- Calls to uncover secret COVID-19 numbers at some Pa. nursing homes grow louder
- Cooper opens specialty care center in Cherry Hill
- Dept. of Health faces class-action lawsuit: claims it did not inspect long-care facilities
- Easton Hospital owner files layoff notice with state if sale falls through
- Einstein patients crowdfund to save hospital as COVID-19 takes ‘devastating’ toll
- Empty surgical waiting rooms prompt furloughs at area hospitals
- Gov. Wolf calls on all Pennsylvania health-care facilities to collect COVID-19 race data
- Gov. Wolf signs order to protect healthcare workers from liability during pandemic
- Governor asks health providers for help as 20% of COVID-19 tests are missing information
- How Pa. plans to keep track of the coronavirus after reopening to prevent another outbreak
- Lawsuit: Nursing homes lack oversight for COVID-19 in Pennsylvania
- Long-term care residents, staff move to highest priority for COVID-19 testing
- Nurses of PA hold virtual rally to lay out demands of healthcare system
- Pa. nursing home deaths spike 550 percent in one month, as state faces federal lawsuit
- Pennsylvania health system to reopen surgery center in early May
- Pennsylvania hospital to close, lay off 694 if sale collapses
- Pennsylvania releases COVID-19 update with report on health care workers
- Philadelphia Hospitals Getting $73M In Coronavirus Funding
- Philly spends $5 million on coronavirus surge hospital that admitted 14 patients
- Rothman Orthopaedics could lose $120M in revenue; faces 4K+ backlogged cases
- State appoints manager for troubled Beaver County nursing home
- Supreme Court rejects UPMC appeal in whistleblower case involving 13 neurosurgeons
- Toomey: PA hospitals, health care providers receive additional $450 million
- U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear UPMC appeal in whistleblower lawsuit
- Valley hospitals receive millions in emergency loans
- WVU Reynolds Hospital CEO pays tribute to nurses
VIRGINIA
- Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents names medical director
- Fredericksburg-area hospitals resuming elective procedures Monday
- Healthcare workers say seniors are being improperly cared for at several Virginia nursing homes
- HHS awards $2.68M to help rural hospitals in VA
- Hospitals across Virginia are facing financial hardships
- Lawsuit against Centra claims firing was retaliation, seeks $9M
- Virginia allowing elective medical procedures to resume
- Virginia dentists to reopen starting Friday to see patients for non-emergency visits
- Virginia hospital agencies partner to provide support, resources to long-term care facilities
- Virginia hospitals, rural providers getting $214M in federal COVID-19 relief
- Virginia nursing homes get supplies from FEMA as COVID-19 containment efforts shift to long-term care
- Virginia to receive critical care decontamination units, to be used by Tennessee, Kentucky, N.C. too
WEST VIRGINIA
- Elective surgeries resume at Raleigh General Hospital
- West Virginia hospitals to receive additional funding for rural medical providers
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- COVID-19: A wake-up call for Iowa nursing home care
- UnityPoint Health — St. Luke’s transfers some patients amid COVID-19 pandemic
- Mercy Iowa City announces ‘limited’ furloughs, reduction to staff hours
- Iowa reporting 655 new COVID-19 cases, 12 additional deaths
- State surpasses 11,000 positive COVID-19 cases; statewide death toll now at 231
- University of Iowa Health Care workers join HERO Registry
- ‘I wouldn’t say it’s been easy’: Contact tracing experts track thousands of Iowans possibly exposed to virus
- Some of ‘Test Iowa’ COVID-19 samples were ‘potentially damaged,’ according to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office
KANSAS
- Live blog: Kansas COVID-19 cases increase past 5,800
- St. Luke’s takeover of Kansas hospital pushed back amid COVID-19 crisis
- Metro hospitals closer to resuming non-emergency procedures
- Hospitals in Kansas, Missouri to get at least $400 million
- Health Officials Worry Kansas City Doesn’t Have Enough Contact Tracers To Hold Back The Next Wave Of COVID-19
MINNESOTA
- Minnesota health officials say care system better equipped for COVID-19
- Minnesota nursing home reports 47 deaths from coronavirus
- New Hope nursing home with deadly coronavirus outbreak cited for numerous health violations
- Surgeries, other care set to resume in Minnesota
- Minnesota COVID-19 critical care, death numbers rise
- Language Processing Tools Improve Care Delivery for Providers
- New York Times Dubs St. Cloud A Potential COVID-19 Hot Spot; Mayor Says ‘Don’t Fixate On The Numbers’
- COVID-19 puts some Minnesota rural hospitals on life support
- ‘There’s No Scrub Shortage’: Nurses Protest Allina Health’s Uniform Policy
- What to know about the plan to massively expand contact tracing in Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic, U of M on Minnesota’s coronavirus testing
- Coronavirus In Minnesota: M Health Fairview Creates ‘Phone Booth-Like’ Testing Site That Saves Critical PPE
MISSOURI
- Coronavirus strikes nearly 80 Missouri nursing homes
- Elective surgeries resuming in Missouri, St. Louis hospitals phasing in procedures
- Mayo Clinic among top health care recipients of CARES cash with $150 million
- On the front lines: How three St. Louis health care workers are helping fight coronavirus
- SSM Health resumes elective surgeries as the state begins to open back up
- SSM Health to begin plasma infusions for COVID-19 patients
- Kansas City Hospitals Say They’re Ready For More Patients, But COVID-19 Has Changed The Care You’re Getting
- Missouri reports largest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases, Illinois adds 46 deaths Monday
- Regional leaders say hospital data is their guide to continue stay-at-home orders
- BJC to furlough employees, cut salaries and more across organization due to coronavirus
- Surgeons Devise New Process For Disinfecting And Reusing N95 Masks
- BJC HealthCare notifies patients of privacy incident
- BJC HealthCare reports employee email breach exposes PHI for 19 facilities: 5 details
- Parson backs bill to limit health care suits during crisis
- Hospital COVID-19 Preparation: ‘There is a Great Deal of Sharing Among All Facilities’
- Health Officials Worry Kansas City Doesn’t Have Enough Contact Tracers To Hold Back The Next Wave Of COVID-19
NEBRASKA
- Most deaths in hard-hit central Nebraska linked to long-term care centers, health director says
- Omaha company conducting clinical research trial for potential COVID-19 vaccine
- Ricketts focused on hospitalization numbers as key COVID-19 indicator for Nebraska
- Test Nebraska underway with CHI Health St. Elizabeth lab
- Nebraska will deploy 1,000 contact tracers to help corral coronavirus
- Robotics, new equipment will help Lincoln lab process 3,000 coronavirus tests a day
- Nebraska Medicine disease specialists explore COVID-19 mutations
- Hastings native chosen as next CEO of Jefferson Community Health and Life
NORTH DAKOTA
- Bismarck hospitals come together to honor nurses
- Long-term care facility in Minot under 14-day quarantine following COVID-19 cases
- Sanford rolling out antibody tests
- North Dakota finds two asymptomatic COVID-19 cases at Bethel Lutheran Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Williston
- North Dakota launched a contact-tracing app. It’s not going well.
- 6 new COVID-19 deaths reported in North Dakota
- As revenue decreases, hospitals in region worry about bottom line
SOUTH DAKOTA
- S.D. Supreme Court upholds jury verdict in favor of hospital that restrained child
- South Dakota hydroxychloroquine clinical trial off to slow start
- Two more die from COVID-19 in South Dakota, confirmed cases increase by 126
- How Monument Health plans to go “back to normal” with returning staff, elective procedures
- South Dakota’s Official Coronavirus App Shows Limits of Contact Tracing Tech
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- As coronavirus costs mount, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital owner announces furloughs
- Chicago hospital faces huge resource shortage amid pandemic
- Data Innovation Is Propping-Up Chicago’s Healthcare Industry
- Field Hospital at McCormick Place Will Close After Treating Few Patients as Curve Bends
- Hospital Safety Grades: IL’s Best And Worst
- Illinois healthcare providers receive millions in funding
- Illinois hospitals prepare to restart elective surgeries
- Illinois Valley Community Hospital nationally recognized with an ‘A’ for safety
- NBC 5 Investigates: 44 Percent of IL Coronavirus Deaths Tied to Nursing Homes
- Nursing home employees prepare to strike over pandemic conditions
- Retired CEO tapped to helm Illinois hospital
INDIANA
- Coronavirus update: Indiana details network of free testing sites
- Family says nursing home’s COVID-19 secret was deadly
- Indiana Healthcare Capacity Far From Overwhelmed Despite Rise In COVID-19 Cases
- Indiana inspects long-term care facilities after deaths of staff members
- IU Creates Healthcare App to Track COVID
- IU Health Officials Talk Operating Costs During The Pandemic
- Parkview Health gradually resumes suspended services
- ‘Reeks of cronyism’: Indiana still hiding nursing home coronavirus info, advocates say
- Report Shows Significant COVID Impact on Physician Practices
- What Indiana’s revised order means for hospitals and medical providers
- Where do Kentucky, Indiana rank for nurses?
KENTUCKY
- 46 rural hospitals in Ky. to share $3.88 million from CARES Act
- $160.7M loss for UK Healthcare, field hospital might come down in near future
- Beshear details expanded reopening of health care, businesses
- Each Louisville area hospital, rated with a letter grade
- Eastern Kentucky hospital closes after nearly 70 years
- Everything you need to know about coronavirus outbreaks in Kentucky nursing homes
- Federal case: Owensboro doctor conspired to submit millions in fraudulent Medicare claims
- Gov. Beshear announces second phase of reopening KY’s healthcare services
- Kentucky Nurses Association rolls out comprehensive COVID-19 outreach program to support nurses
- Mayor: Louisville hospitals in good shape but continued vigilance urged
- Over $15 million in CARE act funding to go to Kentucky public health and safety
- These Kentucky hospitals earned As for patient safety. 2 in Lexington improve scores
- T.J. Regional Health lifts restrictions on Elective and Outpatient Procedures
- Two-thirds of county’s COVID-19 deaths were at senior care facilities
- UK HealthCare projects $131M shortfall; Nutter Field House likely coming down ‘soon’
- Virginia to receive critical care decontamination units, to be used by Tennessee, Kentucky, N.C. too
- Where do Kentucky, Indiana rank for nurses?
MICHIGAN
- Area hospitals begin re-opening, phasing in critical services
- As coronavirus eases, Michigan hospitals ramp up more lucrative procedures
- Beaumont Health says Wayne hospital to reopen soon
- Gov. Whitmer extends order banning non-essential visits to hospitals, care facilities
- Henry Ford Health System discharges 1,789 patients in the last 30 days
- Michigan has the nation’s highest COVID-19 death rate
- Michigan hospitals to receive $1.3 billion for treating coronavirus patients
- Michigan issues guidelines on seeking non-COVID-19 related medical care
- Michigan physician charged in healthcare billing scheme
- MidMichigan Health can now perform its own diagnostic COVID-19 testing
- Mid-Michigan hospitals address delayed surgeries and procedures
- Portraits in Healthcare: Michigan Medicine physician assistant captures changes through photos
- Spectrum Health denies pressuring doctors to take deal during coronavirus crisis
- University of Michigan health system lays off 1,400 health care workers
OHIO
- Access to COVID-19 testing in Ohio nursing homes ‘still spotty’
- Asif Ahmad appointed CEO of LucidHealth
- Christ Hospital steps up safety precautions ahead of Ohio’s gradual reopening Friday
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital among 4 U.S. sites in COVID-19 vaccine trial
- Cleveland Clinic resuming many outpatient services paused by COVID-19
- Health care providers talk about hospital safety as we reopen care
- Ohio Department of Health delays reporting of new nursing home data for coronavirus
- Ohio hospitals resume elective surgeries, albeit with new precautions and a heavy backlog
- OhioHealth CEO Stephen Markovich: Meet the caretaker-in-chief
- OhioHealth expands medical care options
- Ohio hospitals want Medicare to forgive coronavirus loans
- Ohio State nurses union files OSHA complaint against university’s hospital
- Out-of-the-box creation help protect hospital workers treating coronavirus patients
- Reopening Ohio begins with its healthcare system on May 1
- South central and southern Ohio health care competitors join forces to keep care safe and local
WISCONSIN
- 3 Wisconsin Hospitals Earn ‘D’ Grades In 2020
- 14 percent of Wisconsin COVID-19 patients are healthcare workers
- Ascension Wisconsin Benefits from Generosity and Innovation
- FEMA working with Wisconsin to provide resources during pandemic
- Governor Evers Suspends Rules to Ensure Patient Care
- Janesville hospitals hoping to add on-site COVID-19 test processing
- Marshfield Clinic joins group to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19
- Milwaukee-area health care providers urge patients to seek routine, acute care amid pandemic
- Milwaukee area hospitals begin resuming elective surgeries and non-emergency procedures
- Officials set hospital goals for reopening state economy during COVID-19 pandemic
- SSM Health to temporarily suspend Wisconsin Dells services
- WHA President says COVID-19 is not stressing state health care system
- Wisconsin Advocate Aurora nurses being deployed to Illinois hospitals
- Wisconsin could become one of the top states in testing of COVID-19 per capita
- Wisconsin Department of Health Services to list nursing homes being investigating for coronavirus
- Wisconsin DHS Identifies 187 Facility-Based COVID-19 Outbreaks
- Wisconsin hospitals to receive $395M from HHS in COVID-19 relief funds
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
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- 19 coronavirus deaths in Mobile County linked to one nursing home
- $70 million going to 5 Alabama hospitals hit hardest by COVID-19
- Alabama nurse in Boston COVID-19 unit: “I hope Huntsville never sees what I am seeing here”
- Almost 60% of Alabama’s new coronavirus cases come from 4 counties
- Birmingham-area hospitals get graded on patient safety
- FDA says drug with Alabama ties can be used to treat coronavirus
- Long-term care residents make up about 35% of Alabama’s COVID-19 death toll
- More than 1,200 COVID-19 cases in Alabama long-term care facilities
FLORIDA
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- After refusing for weeks, Florida releases nursing home records, showing flurry of deaths
- Baptist Health selects new chief medical officer
- Coronavirus Florida: Nurses slam HCA over lack of protective gear
- DeSantis: Florida hospitals not overwhelmed, ready to resume elective procedures Monday
- Florida hospital shifts all procedures to surgery center
- Florida hospitals must follow testing rule before discharging COVID-19 patients to nursing homes
- Florida Medical Association Announces Partnership with PatientPop
- Florida releases number of COVID-19 deaths at senior care centers
- Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center calls on recovered COVID-19 cases to participate in plasma study
- HCA acquires 2 Florida hospitals
- Hospitals around Florida prepare to resume elective surgeries as state reopens amid crisis
- Jacksonville hospital to expand services to support healthcare workers during pandemic
- Larkin Community Hospital price gouging investigation gaining steam
- Lee Health projects $85M in losses past couple months
- Lee Health sees slight bump in admissions as reopening begins
- South Florida hospitals trying to lure patients back
- Tampa General Hospital announces data sharing collaboration to fight COVID-19
- Tampa General Hospital and Kindred Healthcare Announce Partnership and Plans for a New Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
- Which South Florida hospitals are taking part in plasma program?
GEORGIA
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- 10 Georgia hospitals with the best nurse-patient communication scores
- 10% of COVID-19 cases in Georgia are among health care workers
- Augusta University Health System apologizes after losing COVID-19 tests
- Leapfrog safety survey: A quarter of Georgia hospitals get an ‘A’
- Piedmont Healthcare launches 2 clinical trials to study COVID-19 breathing therapies
- Still not flush with masks, Georgia hospitals ease back into surgeries
- Three Central Georgia hospitals rated poorly for patient safety
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Area hospitals say they’re ready for potential surge of coronavirus as NC reopens
- Brenner’s hospital returns emergency department to original location
- Cory Reeves named president and CEO of AdventHealth Hendersonville
- Eastern North Carolina hospitals cope with the financial realities of coronavirus
- HCA files first annual report since acquiring Mission
- High Point nursing home moving all residents out to dedicate facility to COVID-19 patients
- Mountain area hospitals set to bring back some elective procedures
- Nashville doctor heads national study on children and COVID-19
- NC health group reopening doctor’s offices for in-person appointments
- NC hospitals, health care providers to see nearly $400 million in federal aid tied to coronavirus
- NC lawmakers pass $1.6 billion coronavirus aid package
- North Carolina House committee green lights wide-ranging health care bill
- Nursing-home industry practices, stories revealed with NC’s COVID-19 facilities list
- Nursing home outbreak: 14 coronavirus cases at White Oak Manor in Burlington
- Some NC nursing, long-term care facilities in dire need of extra help to relieve overwhelmed staff
- UNC, Duke hospitals continue to lead region in safety rankings
- Vidant Health losing millions each week amid coronavirus
- What are the Triangle’s safest hospitals? Here are the latest rankings
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
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- Ascension Saint Thomas works toward resuming elective health care procedures in Tennessee
- Change Healthcare buys back pharmacy unit for $213M, sells analytics division to Kaufman Hall
- Elective surgeries resuming Friday at Chattanooga’s biggest hospital after COVID-19 delay
- Former Omnis Health president admits to $760K embezzlement scheme with ‘bootleg’ tests
- HCA Healthcare, union clash over PPE
- Nursing home groups push for legal immunity during pandemic
- Tenn. nursing home outbreaks can happen fast, while state data lags behind
- Virginia to receive critical care decontamination units, to be used by Tennessee, Kentucky, N.C. too
- West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital CEO to resign
SOUTH-CENTRAL/ SOUTHWEST
( Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARIZONA
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- Magellan Health to sell off key business unit to California company in $850M deal
- More than 100 in long-term care facilities have now died of COVID-19. Here’s why it keeps happening
- Health system leader reflects on coronavirus lessons learned; study shows $473 million hit to Arkansas hospitals
- St. Bernards receives grant to test for COVID throughout Northeast Arkansas
- N-95 mask cleaner up and running at Goodwill Industries of Arkansas’ headquarters
- Mercy to start phasing in services postponed by COVID-19
- Arkansas Dept. of Health monitoring COVID-19
- Arkansas officials want to complete 60,000 COVID-19 tests in May
ARKANSAS
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- ASU, state health officials speak out amid news that team of COVID-19 modelers in Arizona was disbanded
- Arizona health department stops using state university COVID-19 modeling
- Arizona’s Family sues state health department to get long-term health care facilities information
- Non-emergency surgeries resume in Arizona
- Arizona hospital gets bailout after execs take pay cuts
- Page, Flagstaff hospitals begin to see COVID-19 slowdown
- Financially struggling Southern Arizona hospital gets $3.6 million from state
LOUISIANA
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- Health care spending has actually plunged in the middle of the pandemic. Here’s why
- Louisiana Coronavirus Updates: Cases top 30,000 since start
- La. Dept. of Health: 30,652 cases of COVID-19, 2135 deaths reported
- Ochsner to offer free COVID-19 testing in New Orleans
- Louisiana to change policy on identifying nursing homes with COVID cases
- Louisiana has ordered more than $200M worth of personal protective equipment; here’s a breakdown
NEW MEXICO
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- Most nursing homes violate infection control standards
- New Mexico’s governor extends lockdown of her state’s hardest hit virus city
- State confirms first Santa Fe death from COVID-19
- New Mexico’s Veterans Affairs healthcare system assists the Navajo Nation
- How a New Mexico hospital rebelled against its bosses as Covid-19 hit
- COVID-19: NM patients given plasma transfusions have shown improvement
- New study finds Texas and New Mexico among least-prepared states for COVID-19
- New Mexico reports 7 more COVID-19 deaths, 153 additional cases
- New Mexico health officials question the usefulness of antibody testing
OKLAHOMA
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- Hospitals discourage Oklahomans from delaying needed medical care
- State Pays Millions for COVID-19 Hospital Beds, But, to Officials’ Relief, They Stay Empty
- OSU expands telemedicine to 10 additional rural hospitals
- Oklahoma Launches Telemedicine Platform for Rural COVID-19 Guidance
- Oklahoma City-County Health marks 5,000 COVID-19 samples taken
- Federal aid targets rural hospitals in Oklahoma
TEXAS
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- Half of COVID-19 deaths in Austin are from nursing homes
- UT Health San Antonio receives $100,000 grant from Hyundai
- Dallas County Reports 237 New Positive Coronavirus Cases, 3 More Deaths
- Coronavirus: How Texas’ digital divide hampers healthcare
- Dell Children’s Medical Center opening new children’s hospital in Williamson County
- Doctor, nurse practitioner dipping into own pockets to provide rural health care in Texas
- More North Texans Tested For Coronavirus As Criteria Is Expanded
- Hospitals Deploy Technology to Reduce ICU Staff Exposure to Covid-19
- New study finds Texas and New Mexico among least-prepared states for COVID-19
- Rural Texas hospital struggles to stay open amid coronavirus pandemic
- Health care workers are living in treehouses, RVs and hotels to protect their families from coronavirus
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
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- Alaska doctors and dentists can resume knee surgeries and fillings starting Monday. Will they?
- Mat-Su Regional gradually reopens, but hospitals statewide are hit hard financially
- Siblings start nonprofit to aid Alaska’s healthcare workers during pandemic
- States with few virus cases get big share of relief aid
IDAHO
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- Here’s how Idaho decides what information to release about COVID-19 cases
- Physician-owned hospital assists in ‘Crush The Curve Idaho’, becoming destination for robotic spine surgery
- Saint Alphonsus tries new plasma therapy for COVID-19 patient
- Treasure Valley hospitals fighting to stay ahead of coronavirus cases
MONTANA
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- Bozeman Health resumes elective procedures
- COVID-19 cases flat in Montana
- Montana COVID-19 cases continue to remain flat
- Montana Hospital Association teams up with Bozeman fishing product company to help rural hospitals
- Montana to test all nursing home residents, sets monthly testing target
- States with few virus cases get big share of relief aid
- Telehealth expands in Montana through virus crisis
OREGON
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- Drug used in clinical trials in Portland to treat COVID-19 gets emergency-use approval from FDA
- Hospitals, clinics in Oregon to resume elective procedures Friday
- Nurses protest outside OHSU Hillsboro over lack of protective equipment and contract
- Nursing home workers called for help before surge in coronavirus cases, records show
- Oregon hospital names interim CEO
- State closes Portland nursing home after 28 COVID-19 deaths
WASHINGTON
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- Doctors, hospitals urge Inslee to restart elective procedures as COVID-19 patient numbers decline
- Frustrated Washington nursing homes welcome new Covid-19 beds, PPE
- Long-term care facilities to begin opening dedicated COVID-19 units
- Olympic Medical Center names new CFO
- Seattle Children’s Hospital opens opioid-free surgery center
- UW doctors clamor for better contract as they fight on the COVID-19 front lines
- UW medical residents take out advertisement over working conditions
WYOMING
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
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- Anonymous donor gives employees at hospital $1 million for bonuses
- Bakersfield skilled nursing facility with coronavirus outbreak has been the subject of multiple lawsuits, including allegations of wrongful death and neglect
- California hospital joins Adventist Health
- California Hospitals Cite $14 Billion In Losses During Coronavirus Pandemic, Seek Aid
- COVID-Plagued California Nursing Homes Often Had Problems In Past
- Donor gives employees at hospital $1 million for bonuses
- How Stanford Health Care is resuming elective care
- Magellan Health to sell off key business unit to California company in $850M deal
- Nevada County doctors change approach to providing care due to COVID-19
- This nursing home had California’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak. ‘We weren’t prepared’
- UC hospitals gradually resume essential services based on 10 principles
COLORADO
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- Are Colorado Hospitals Ready For Safer At Home?
- Colorado has received millions of masks and gloves to protect health care workers, Polis says
- Colorado Hospital Safety Grades 2020: The Best And Worst
- Colorado hospital working to develop treatments for COVID-19
- Colorado to receive $288 million for hospitals to respond to COVID-19
- Colorado’s Health Department Reclassifies Nursing Home Deaths As Coronavirus
- Denver Health Board Plans Review Of Bonuses, Doctor Calls Bonuses ‘Corrupt, Misaligned’
- Denver Health employees seek to form union
- Greeley hospitals seeing concerning trend of patients not visiting emergency rooms
- Meet the Children’s Hospital Colorado doctor who fought off coronavirus and returned to the front lines
- Nurses blast Denver Health over timing of executive bonuses
- Nurses Say Hospital President Should Be “Ashamed” for Firing Nurses at Kent Hospital
- Ransomware attack on Colorado hospital highlights fears of more healthcare hostage situations
- Rural Colorado Hospital To Get CARES Act Funding
- Rural Hospitals Get Some Relief, Other Financial Issues Remain
- Telemedicine is gaining popularity in remote Southwest Colorado
- “We make Denver Health what it is”: Frontline workers seek to unionize amid coronavirus response
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- Health care workers in Las Vegas protest working conditions
- Nevada hospital reports kept secret amid coronavirus spread
- Nevada hospitals to continue elective surgeries with precautions in place
- Northern Nevada Medical Center resumes some elective surgeries with precautions in place
- Secrecy, fear rampant in local nursing homes where COVID-19 is too
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